Russian duo THE RARE PLANTS GARDEN is beatmaker 813 and Nienvox, two fellows that made a good list of solo and cooperative appearances via Bump Foot, Dusted Wax Kingdom, 813âs own Pop Errors Gallery, and just recently Error Broadcast and Project Mooncircle. From this genealogy one might expect THE RARE PLANTS GARDEN to sound just like the other Russian duo here at 12rec., 2010âs high-flyer Monokle & Galun. However 813 and Nienvox concentrate on psychedelic left-field Pop music, banning the razor-sharp future funk of 813 completely from THE RARE PLANTS GARDENs selftitled debut EP, making the six tracks suspicious being brainchild to Damon Albarn rather than Flying Lotus.

In the aftermath of Britpop, acts like Gryff Rhys, Gorkyâs Zygotic Mynci, The Beta Band or Blur released awkward and subtle music that denied the grande gesture of Pop but offered beauty on second listen. THE RARE PLANTS GARDEN can be reviewed as heirs to this short-lived trend. Their compositions bow to 70s psychedelic Rock, UK Pop and Russian folklore simultaneously. Being well aware of what is happening in nowadays music however THE RARE PLANTS GARDEN do not sound retro a bit â the foggy and slightly mysterious sound of their EP would suit any hipsterâs âchillwaveâ and âwitchhouseâ act equally good. A stunning release.


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Artist/Composer: THE RARE PLANTS GARDEN
Keywords: folk; free; left-field; pop; Berlin

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Reviewer: ryanrocketship - - August 4, 2011
Subject: Why Isn't This Huge?
What a hidden gem of an album this is. It’s six songs of mellow, psychedelic pop with just enough weirdness to keep you interested. The band’s press info references chillwave and Damon Albarn, but you could just as easily point to alternate touchstones like The Free Design and, say, Caribou. There’s a lot going on in these laid-back tracks: chimes, xylophones, accordions, not to mention enough horns and serious bass groove to make Quincy Jones proud. That doesn’t mean that synthesizers and sampled beats are left to the wayside, either. I’m honestly baffled that this ep hasn’t exploded all over the Internet Music Blog Consortium; it’s catchy as hell and there’s lots here for everyone to like.

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Reviewer: Drizzi - - March 9, 2011
Subject: NetMusic Life Review
NetMusic Life review here.